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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ulrik Meyer (ranked 152 p4p, 19 weight class) and Frank Nada (ranked 1037 p4p, 147 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulrik Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Nada!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Nada misses.
Meyer throwing a counter right hand but Nada manages to avoid it.
Nada has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meyer.
Meyer is looking to counter punch.
Nada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meyer.
Meyer slips a straight right by Nada.
Meyer scoring well with a low kick there.
Meyer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nada or perhaps it was just good defense by Meyer, which made it look bad.
Meyer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Meyer rushes Nada and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Nada tries a body shot but Meyer blocks it.
Nada lands a hook that snaps the head of Meyer backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nada.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nada.
Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Nada.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Nada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meyer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nada is keeping busy.
Nada trying to stall but Meyer improves his position.
Meyer looking to slow down the pace here.
Meyer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike.
Nada misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nada.
Meyer lands a left hand.
Nada breaks the clinch.
Ulrik Meyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nada lands with an uppercut that bounces Meyer off the cage and back into range.
Nada misses with a left hand
and Meyer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice cross by Meyer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer looks to land a combination but Nada avoids it well.
Meyer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nada is out of range and Meyer settles back down.
A jab from Meyer does it's job there.
Nada is rocked!
Nada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
Nada is still on wobbly legs! Can Meyer finish him?
Nada misses the shot to the body.
Nada seems to have recovered his senses.
Meyer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nada connects with a body shot that sends Meyer's belly button to the back.
Nada swings away with a body shot that misses
and Meyer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Meyer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nada's sensitive parts.
Nada throws a big shot that misses.
Nada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nada slips under a jab.
Meyer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Meyer thumps Nada with a low kick.
Nada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meyer with a jab.
Meyer takes one to the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nada.
Nada shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Meyer defends it nicely.
Nada throws a poor cross that misses
and Meyer counters with a three punch combo that has Nada backing up. Nada nods at Meyer to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nada scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
No joy there for Nada, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nada swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Meyer counter with a right hand.
Nada misses with a straight right.
Nada throws a big shot that misses.
Meyer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nada takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Meyer blocks a jab.
Meyer misses with the combination.
Nada throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meyer counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrik Meyer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nada misses with a hook. Meyer ducked under it nicely.
Nada swinging wildly here.
Nada misses with a shot to the body
and Meyer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meyer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Meyer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nada scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Meyer scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Meyer misses.
Nada checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nada misses with an uppercut
and Meyer counters with a beautiful punch that sends Nada to the canvas!
Nada looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nada pulls Meyer in close to his closed guard and prevents Meyer from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nada tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Meyer stands and steps away. Nada gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Meyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Nada changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Meyer tries to avoid it but Nada manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Meyer to the ground. Meyer escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nada throws a leg kick
and Meyer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Nada darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Meyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nada misses the jab.
Meyer connects with a nice looking jab.
A shot to the body from Nada misses
letting Meyer counter with a right hand.
Nada lands with a nice body punch.
Meyer scores with a jab to the head.
Meyer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nada lands a jab.
Meyer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nada can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer staying out of range there.
Nada swings widly with a right hand
and Meyer counters with a stiff right hand.
Nada misses with a body shot.
Meyer lands a nice hook to Nada's body. Nada takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Meyer swinging wildly here.
Nada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meyer.
Meyer lands a glancing blow to the side of Nada's head.
Nada misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut there from Nada.
Nada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nada tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Meyer defends well and Nada ends up having to push Meyer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nada misses with a straight right.
Nada fails with a takedown attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Meyer misses its target.
Ulrik Meyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Nada.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nada.
It looked like Meyer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ulrik Meyer is winning the standup battle so far.
Meyer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meyer there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nada throws out a loose jab but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nada gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from Nada.
Meyer thumps Nada with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrik Meyer dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Meyer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nada lands a nice hook to Meyer's body. Meyer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Meyer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nada throws out a loose jab but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nada throws a head kick that misses.
Nada throws a shot from downtown. Meyer moves away and avoids it.
Meyer lands a jab to the head.
Meyer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nada.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nada fails to land with a series of punches.
A quick step to the side and Meyer tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nada lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meyer circles away quickly and effectively.
Meyer fires out a quick counter leg kick but Nada just manages to avoid it.
A big left from Nada misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Meyer.
Nada checks the leg kick.
Meyer just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nada slips a jab from Meyer.
The fighters circling - Nada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meyer throws a good cross that connects.
Nada throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Nada looks to move away, Meyer throws a big counter combo but Nada just gets out of the way.
Meyer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nada is able to avoid easily.
A swing and a miss from Meyer.
Meyer slips under a jab.
Meyer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Meyer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Frank Nada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nada throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meyer counters with a nice leg kick.
Nada throws a jab when Meyer was well out of range.
Nada throws out a loose jab but Meyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer is looking to counter punch.
Nada thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nada throws an off balance right hand
and Meyer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nada blocks a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Meyer, as that shot connected.
Nada throws a series of strikes that have Meyer backpedaling.
Nada lands with a cross.
Meyer throws a series of punches but Nada moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meyer.
Meyer drops Nada with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Nada! Meyer dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulrik Meyer!
In his post fight interview, Ulrik Meyer gave a big smile as he said 'Stunned, thought he would kick my butt again.'.
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